HC CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow
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Founded	1946
Home ice	CSKA Sport Palace
Based in	Moscow, Russia
Colours	Red, white, blue
League	Russian Hockey Super League
Head coach	Vyacheslav Bykov
Russian/Soviet Championships won	32 (1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)
European Cups won	20 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
Spengler Cups won	1 (1991)
Official website	http://www.cska-hockey.ru

HC CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club Moscow, Russian: ХК ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian ice hockey club, often referred to as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army.

History

CSKA was one of the most dominant sports teams in history, winning the Soviet championship for 13 consecutive years between 1977 and 1989, and experiencing similar dominance in the European Cup.

CSKA played many games against NHL clubs, including a tour of North America in 1975/1976. On New Year's Eve 1975, CSKA played the Montreal Canadiens in a game billed in North America as the de facto world professional championship. The game ended with a 3-3 draw, but was widely hailed as one of the greatest games ever played.

Another memorable game was played on January 111976 against the Philadelphia Flyers, who at the time were the defending Stanley Cup Champions. The game was notable for an incident where, after an extremely hard body check delivered by Philadelphia's Ed Van Impe, the CSKA's top player, Valery Kharlamov, was left prone on the ice for a minute. CSKA coach Konstantin Loktev pulled his team off the ice in protest that no penalty was called. They were told by NHL president Clarence Campbell to return to the ice and finish the game, which was being broadcast to an international audience, or the Soviet Hockey Federation would not get paid the fee that they were entitled to. They eventually complied and eventually lost that game 4-1. In total, the Red Army Club played 36 games against NHL teams from 1975 to 1991 and finished with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties, cementing the status of the teams of that era as among the greatest in the sport's history.

Notable players

• Helmuts Balderis
• Pavel Bure
• Valeri Bure
• Vyacheslav Bykov
• Sergei Fedorov
• Viacheslav Fetisov
• Alexander Frolov
• Alexei Gusarov
• Valeri Kamensky
• Alexei Kasatonov
• Nikolai Khabibulin
• Valery Kharlamov
• Andrei Khomutov
• Vladimir Konstantinov
• Andrei Kovalenko
• Vyacheslav Kozlov
• Igor Kravchuk
• Vladimir Krutov
• Igor Larionov
• Vladimir Malakhov
• Sergei Makarov
• Boris Mikhailov
• Boris Mironov
• Dmitri Mironov
• Alexander Mogilny
• Vladimir Petrov
• Alexander Ragulin
• Vladislav Tretiak
• Gennadiy Tsygankov
• Vladimir Tsyplakov
• Peteris Skudra
• Nikolai Zherdev
• Sergei Zubov

Trivia

CSKA fan-given name is "koni" (Russian for "horses").[1]

See also

• CSKA Moscow
• 1975-76 USSR Red Army ice hockey tour of North America
• Flyers versus Red Army